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My "Old Favorite" is not a stamp set it's the Watercolor Bouquet stencil which was one of the first two Altenew stencils I purchased, Cube Builder was the first :).
Here's a look at the full cover, the sentiment is from the Beautiful Quotes set and heat embossed in Rose Gold embossing powder.
I used my sewing machine to perforate the paper 1/2" from the edge. This will enable the user to tear off the sheet as they use the notepad.
After scoring the card stock cover, I stapled the sheets within the cover and added Golden Washi tape to cover up the staples.
The height of this stencil makes it perfect for a slimline card. After inking this with Teal Cave and Galactic Stream ink, I stamped over the inking with the Dainty Swiss Dots stamp and Clear Embossing ink.
I placed the card stock in my Misti, stamping the top half of the paper, coating with Rose Gold embossing powder and heat setting. I then stamped the remainder of the card stock and heat embossed. The pattern doesn't line up exactly but we'll cover that up with the sentiment strip.
I heat embossed the sentiment from the Sentiment Strips 2 set in Rose Gold embossing powder too.
It's super fun to use an old favourite in a new way. I created a background with my Gel Press and Baby Pink, Limeade and Iceberg ink. The first layer of the stem and leaves are inked with Sweet Leaf.
After thoroughly cleaning the stencil I replaced the base layer over the image, covered the area with Clear embossing ink, removed the stencil and coated with Translucent Embossing powder. You just see the hint of glitter. I then added a little shading with Evening Gray Ink.
A few Iridescent Gems from my stash finish it off.
I have always wanted to try watercoloring with this stencil so this was the perfect opportunity to do so!
If you want to dry with a heat tool make sure you remove your stencil so you don't melt it.
Once the first layer is dry, replace the detail portion of the stencil over the base image. I added Ultramarine ink on the blooms in the same manner as the base layer. Sea Forest ink is the leaf detail layer.
I've been wanting to try the Split Card Technique after watching a Jennifer McGuire video and it is so easy and fun!
Then I marked the center line of a 5 1/4" by 8" long piece of white card stock lightly in pencil.
First, stamp the outline of the bloom in Jet Black in beginning with the middle image approximately halfway down the card stock straddling the pencil line as evenly as possible. Apply mask then stamp top and bottom outline images and stamp leaf outlines as well.
I stamped all the colored layers with a single ink color, creating varied shades through multiple stamping.
Stamp second layer (this is the outer ledge of the petals) 4x in Pink Pearl, I also added a layer of Clear Embossing Ink, coated with Translucent Embossing powder and melted with a heat tool. The center layer is stamped three times with Pink Pearl ink. The detail layer of the leaves is stamped 4 times in Minty Mint.
Once the stamping was completed, I cut the panel in half creating two 5 1/4" x 4" panels.
I add black splatters by smooshing Jet Black ink on a craft sheet, spritzing with water and then picking up with a paint brush and tapping brush to create drops.
For the second card, I oriented it horizontally with the flowers along the bottom, adding ink splatters in the same manner as the first card.
I chose the Framed Thanks die for the sentiment and also cut it out of gold mirror card stock.
I'll let you in on a little secret, I'm planning a workshop with this technique so details on that will be coming very soon!